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One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.

den (something heavy or objectionable). [R.] It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell. Coleridge.

bowels suddenly burst out. Shak. We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Coleridge. To burst upon him like an earthquake. Goldsmith.

Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance. Coles.

The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery. Coleridge.

A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge. Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser.

ic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. Carved with figures strange and sweet. Coleridge.

at and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonius. "I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it." Coleridge. -- Cat block (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. -- Cat hook (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. -- Cat nap, a very shor…

To insert in a catalogue; to register; to catalogue. [R.] Coles.

To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise. Coleridge.

Abounding in, or resembling, chaff. Chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail. Coleridge.

g abyss; a cleft; a fissure. That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill. Coleridge.

Of or pertaining to a chorus. I remember a choric ode in the Hecuba. Coleridge.

an doctrine which then divided Christendom. Milton A wide and still widening Christendom. Coleridge.

ope. Their heads are circled with a short turban. Dampier. So he lies, circled with evil. Coleridge. To circle in, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as, to circle bodies in. Sir K. Digby.

Promoting circulation; circulating. [R.] Coleridge.

Mass of clouds; cloudiness. [R.] A scudding cloudage of shapes. Coleridge.

A little cloud. R. Browning. Eve's first star through fleecy cloudlet peeping. Coleridge.

in one body or mass; unity. Jer. Taylor. The coadunation of all the civilized provinces. Coleridge.

Agency in common; joint agency or agent. Coleridge.